BILL NUMBER: AB 336INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Yamada FEBRUARY 18, 2009 An act to amend Section 76140.5 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 336, as introduced, Yamada. Community colleges: nonresident tuition: firefighters exemption. Existing law allows a community college to exempt from nonresident tuition fees a student hired by a public agency who enrolls in police academy training courses at a community college if specified requirements are met. This bill would expand this exemption to a student hired by a public agency who enrolls in firefighter training courses. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 76140.5 of the Education Code is amended to read: 76140.5. Notwithstanding Section 76140, a community college may classify a nonresident student who has been hired by a public agency, as a resident for purposes of enrollment in and completion of police academy training or firefighter training courses at a community college, if the student has passed all other requirements of the public agency and if written assurances are provided by the public agency that it intends to classify the student as a peace officer or a firefighter upon successful completion of the police academy training or firefighter training course.